Fox Nation Says "Joe Klein Is Either Dumb Or A Liar"
Fox Nation, according to their mission, "is committed to the core principles of tolerance, open debate, civil discourse, and fair and balanced coverage of the news." What's really funny is that, despite this claim of "balanced" news coverage, the anonymous "journalists" of Fox Nation accuse a real journalist, Joe Klein, of being either "dumb" or a "liar" because his version of the events in Benghazi conflict with GOP talking points. Klein, a graduate of the U of Pennsylvania and former Guggenheim fellow, writes for Time Magazine and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. So stupid? Hardly. As far as being a liar, he was giving his opinion about a situation about which we still don't have all the answers. But obviously Fox Nation does; but unlike Fox News, they can't just stop the speech; but rather, defame the speaker.
Update: Fox Nation has changed the title of their piece to "Scarborough vs. Klein on Susan Rice." Wonder Why?!
Bill O'Reilly Still Whining About The Loss Of 'Traditional America'
While many of us just finished a Thanksgiving weekend filled with family, friends and feasting, Bill O'Reilly seems to have spent it sucking his sour grapes of racial resentment at the loss of “traditional America.” You may recall that O'Reilly has been whining about this subject for weeks now. Tonight, he announced during his Talking Points segment, “Many Americans are depressed because traditional America seems to be disappearing.” Many Americans? Or just those who can't stand the thought of their taxes going up to pay for welfare queens?
Read moreFox Denies A War On Women But Hypes A War On Men
Fox Newsies insist there's no war on women. Yet in a FoxNews.com editorial, author Suzanne Venker - who boasts about not having any professional credentials beyond a messy marriage and a willingness "to speak out about things" she knows "from experience to be true" - argues that there's a war on men. And guess who's waging it? Feminists. So it's no wonder Fox News loves her message.
Read moreFox Nation Misleadingly Suggests Planned Parenthood Offering 'Black Friday' Discounts On Abortions
Fox Nation got right in the holiday spirit mood over the weekend with a post called, "Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic Offers Black Friday Discounts." Inside the article, Fox reported that "an abortion clinic in Southern Florida is offering a Black Friday discount -- including $10 a visit to the abortion clinic today." There was a picture of a coupon above the article which gave the impression that coupons were being given out for abortions. Shockingly (not!), it turns out Fox was misleading its readers. The coupon was merely $10 off of any visit (and $5 off emergency contraception). According to their websites, these Planned Parenthood offices, not "abortion clinics," offer HIV testing, STD testing, emergency contraception, Men's Health Care, Women's Health Care (including Pap Smears, Mammograms, and Cancer Screenings), and other services. In no way does the coupon encourage abortions; in fact it doesn't even mention them.
Read moreFox News Blames Obama Administration For Morsi's 'Power Grab' In Egypt
Jon Scott was a picture yesterday of just the kind of media bias he complains about in others as host of Fox News Watch when, during Happening Now, he hosted a Republican operative, disingenuously introduced him as a spokesman for the last four U.N. Ambassadors, and then prodded him into attacking the Obama administration over what's happening in Egypt.
Read moreDonald Trump's Kids Think He's Ruining Their Name
Birther Boy Donald Trump is not just a national embarrassment but has become one to his family, too, if the New York Daily News is to be believed. According to the paper, Trump's three eldest got together and performed an intervention on their father's attacks on President Obama.
Read moreFr. Jonathan Morris Attacks AR Parents Who Object To Student Trip To Christian Church For Christian Themed Play
For Roger Ailes, Fr. Jonathan Morris is the total package. Not only does the cute little Catholic priest, the only clergyperson with a full time Fox News gig, pimp for the conservative Catholic bishops and the GOP; but he also promotes the message of evangelical Christianity. He provided his Fox imprimatur for Gov. Rick Perry's prayer rally. He promoted a website run by evangelicals. He spoke at an evangelical rally attended by various Christian homophobes and co-sponsored by his pal, James Robison, a Christian homophobe on whose TV program, Morris accepted Jesus. This morning, on his weekly Fox & Friends appearance, he not only defended what is considered an effort to proselytize public school students; but he also described those who are protesting this as "ignorant." He even tried to drum up business for a right wing Christian law group. As is customary on Fox & Friends, the segment omitted some key details. But hey, this is Fox & Friends, praise the lord and pass the propaganda!
Read moreBirther Heather Childers Does Her Part For Spending Cuts
What happens when a supposedly objective news host promotes a conspiracy theory that President Obama threatened to have Chelsea Clinton killed in order to protect his secret foreign birth? Nothing - if you're a Fox News host. Apparently, Heather Childers' tweet "just asking" for "thoughts" on the subject was no impediment to her hosting America Live yesterday, which airs from 1-3 PM ET, during what Fox News claims is its "objective" news lineup. And, as usual, being part of Fox's "objective" news lineup was no impediment to promoting the Republican viewpoint.
Read moreHere Comes The Leveson Inquiry Report On News Corp. Phone Hacking
The report of Great Britain's official investigation into News Corporation's phone hacking will be released November 29th and will probably recommend some kind of outside oversight of the press to replace the current self-regulation. On the one hand, this raises concerns about censorship. On the other hand, self-regulation clearly did not handle the outrageous practices that went on at News Corp. Meanwhile, whatever happens to News Corp. across the pond, the media conglomerate is busy buying up U.S. properties and sticking its nose into U.S. politics.
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